CHS producing plastics from soy

CHS Inc. said it has begun producing a new product from soybean oil, dubbed PlastiSoy, an ingredient that makes plastics flexible.

The Inver Grove Heights-based farm and energy cooperative said it has begun full-scale production of PlastiSoy at its Mankato soybean processing plant. Also known as epoxidized soybean oil, the product has many industrial uses.